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Maz: Just for you Peter - http://www.cr5.co.uk/tour/Tourviewer_CR5.html Click on the third Netherne picture and you will see the old mental hospital buildings which are now apartments, mentioned by Simon Cornwell in his posting about Netherne. Netherne is the village......

in response to: Private Parts ! by Maz

Maz, Netherne: Hi all, I found this site quite by chance a couple of days ago. I found it when I Googled the name of my village not expecting to find anything much but boy was I wrong.......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

EvilGentleman: I hear ya. I used to love watching the heavies and the swing-wings take off from Plattsburgh when we would be shopping there back when I was a kid. And as a former base brat......

in response to: Snafu at the Former Plattsburgh Air Force Base by EvilGentleman

Anna: anon if you were born in 70 then you remember the teenages that hung in the park-- (little park they were called) I know for sure I was picked on alot in the 70's I......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Junior Apprentice: I particpated in camp @ OBVR for 5 days and that's all it took for me to fall in love with the whole place. Those are some really great shots of the Back blacksmithing shop......

in response to: The Past Is Closer Than You Think by ghost of grandin

little ukraine: ...and others will say it's New York's W 4th in Greenwich Village, once home of Gerde's Folk City and near MacDougal Street where Kettle of Fish was. NY likes to take credit for everything......

in response to: Positively 4th St. by Tyfoid Kid

Hands and Feet: Just got this today. The reality is this all started about the mid fifties or earlier. I remember moving several times before I was five years of age. This was due to depressed economics in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Cecilia Midiri: I have to say that it is so true about monkey see, monkey do...every weekend when I'm off from work, I get out to sweeping and I never end up alone doing it. Sometimes......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Rob Tynan: If anyone wants to discuss any aspect of Irlam and Cadishead in detail, then you would be very welcome to join Irlam and Cadishead Ancestry at [[http://oldirlamvillage.atfreeforum.com]]. The content of which is entirely made......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

RonS: This blog brings back a lot of memories,I grew up on 2800 Swanson st in 60's & 70's.I remember delivering orders for customers at DanDee's as I was to young to drink at Viola's.Last time......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

jack: shizen, could it be the sadist, 'lockinglear decrebided' he was in southern france and would take pictures of people and reproduced them onto models and used them for, (you know what) they were life size......

in response to: While You Are Reading This.... by David G.

EvilGentleman: It should be pointed out that I never "Advertised" the {statue} to be truly {Satanic} in nature. I have merely stated how the people in the {Village Des Tanneries} part of {Montreal}'s {Saint-Henri} district describe......

in response to: Satanic Jesus by EvilGentleman

Leftin1991: I left for college in '91 and have only been back to visit. Hutchinson is a retirement community and sports one of the largest populations of nursing homes per capita in the midwest. ......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Alan Taylor: Explanation of OCCUPATION ROAD, but does not resolve the question of 'where in Irlam'. My finding regarding the ‘Bolton to York’ route has caused me to re-assess Francis White’s Map of the Ainsty particularly with regard to......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

EvilGentleman: dirana1, thank you for commenting. I can respect your opinions and your insight into the prison is a welcome bit of education for the rest of us. I am certain you know a lot more......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

Peter: i see a [[7981:curtis]] tag in that last photo. its sort of a shame to go over that pet-store mural, but whatever, it happens in the {East village}, i guess....

in response to: Going to the Dogs by jack

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob, Truly, the old village character of Irlam and Cadishead is disappearing from what was a about a Two mile narrow strip with very little either side of the main road. I was thinking only the......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Rob Tynan: If you want to see some pics of the Kwik Save site and the Jezzies, have a look at oldirlamvillage.atfreeforum.com under "before and after" "Jezzies". Those of you from......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith: Wendy I'm sure you'll get to meet people soon enough. The pictures of the two signs above were actually taken up the moss from Cadishead, not Irlam. If you drive/walk all the way up New Moss......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Elicar: These stopped two blocks west of Main (Westlake). [[img:26588]] But realtors' boundaries of the Danforth Village are: "Danforth Village spans from Victoria Park Avenue west to Greenwood Avenue, and includes the first few blocks north of The......

in response to: Going Around the World On Danforth Avenue by Elicar

jeeff: bloor west village in toronto was the very first BIA in the 1970s. for those from out of town, danforth becomes bloor as it passes west through the city, so essentially along the same......

in response to: Going Around the World On Danforth Avenue by Elicar

Bob Salmon: A time or two, dances above the Co-Op near the nag have been mentioned. I remember evening Live Group dances being held there on a regular basis, they were organised by Maurice Johnstone, I sometimes......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Deb Simpkins (Massey): Hiya, my dad (Jim Massey) has asked if I could post this... "A few names from early days I would like to hear about, Roger Lovell, Bill Waterman, Tommy Blinston, Madge Attenborough, Mary Twinning, Gordon Dennison......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Rob Tynan: Hi Dave again, Dont forget that oldirlamvillage.atfreefurum.com has only just been set up and needs members to fill in the blank spaces. So please add whatever you have so it can grow into a useful......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

DAVE: I am curious about oldirlamvillage.atfreeforum.com because there is absolutely nothing there besides tons of spam and empty forums with generic headings and no entries and content that duplicates everything already on this thread. What gives?...

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Rob Tynan: Hi Bob, Is there any chance you could put some of your memories eg the Bobs Ferry accident and your recent account about the steelworks onto the oldirlamvillage.atfreeforum.com We are trying to build......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Deb I hope Alan manages to fix his new anti-spam ( I always thought it came out of a tin) and you can trade info. Your cousin Venice and her husband Val James of Cadishead descent......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Deb Simpkins (nee Massey): Wow! My Uncle Cyril (Bagshaw) put me onto this site and I have just spent the last hour reading all the comments. My mum (Edith Jaques) was born in Irlam and my dad (Jim Massey)......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Alan Taylor: Recommend you look at Marissa's site, [[http://oldirlamvillage.atfreeforum.com]] and register. I can only repeat what Rob says now;- If everyone enters what ever information they might have in the relevant sections it should build into a very good......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Rob Tynan: Has everyone had alook at Marissa's site, [[http://oldirlamvillage.atfreeforum.com]] yet. If everyone puts what ever info the might have in the relevant sections it should build into a a very good source of information regarding......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

EvilGentleman: Well Elicar, my previous article on this particular location has become something of an online focal point for those who lived there during its heyday, much like Corsatki's {Cabrini Green} articles. Thus, this page is intended......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

Alan Taylor: Hi Marissa, Three different books, The Salford Council inspired book as you have, another of same size called The Manchester Ship Canal, then a rather older one in A5 size Irlam to 1914 by James GOODIER,......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

St John the Baptist church : Maybe I am getting old and long in the tooth but I can remember Vicar Lee being the vicar at St John the Baptist church and I can remember the shop that is......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Marissa Chaplin: Ok, its not great at the mo, but here is the address oldirlamvillage.atfreeforum.com...

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Norma, Yes, we have enjoyed driving through the Adelaide hills up to Hahndorf village many times.We live 5 miles from Glenelg on Henley Beach road. I went to Irlam Central school with a......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Deborah Kemp 30th Jan 2008: Like Lucy Hart I grew up in Netherne Lane also as my father worked at Netherne, we spent many a day on the estate playing in and around the hospital, in Boxers wood (end of......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

east villager: This new place is atrocious. I loved the "no frills" of mr. fresh bread. The best bacon egg and cheese and coffee around and good service. I saw this new place actually had a a......

in response to: Where Have You Gone, Mr. Fresh Bread? by little ukraine

EvilGentleman: Hey, no problem from my end. You can name your business whatever you like, and based on how vociferously you defend it, the kids there are probably well taken care of. I will still snicker a......

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

Andrew Smith: Shops in Irlam that no longer exist, but will stay part of my memory of growing up in the 80's. On Fiddlers Lane - Joyce's Fabrics, Bambers newsagents, King's sweetshop, Bates's hardware store, plus the Greengrocers......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

jack: out. usually i drop my son off in the east village and i take the west street to the fdr drive and get off at houston, but this time i went into canal and......

in response to: Soho Thru the Windshield of My Car and Mind, Like a Wheel Within a Wheel, Like the Song That They Were Singing, Like the Windmills of My Mind. by jack

Bob Salmon: Re: Royle’s Engineering. Our intention is only to trace our ancestors to find out who they were and where possible, what they did, warts and all. If Jim Royle, layabout extraordinaire, (whoever he is), is a......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

does it matter?: If you view Winnipeg from the south, so that Osborne Village is to your left and Fort Garry Plaza is to your right, you can see Winnipeg from a much more complimentary angle. Unfortunately, most......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

quarkwiz: The Metro Mall, on Metropolitan Avenue in Middle Village (at the end of the M line), is a horrific, brown-walled, brutally ugly monster of a building. I'd say it should definitely be on a shortlist......

in response to: Ugliest Building in New York? by Peter

little ukraine: i see nobody has given this a stab yet so... here goes... first of all, congratulations for having the initiative to save up a lot of money, because it is first and foremost what you will......

in response to: Help This Newbie by lou

EvilGentleman: Thanks, but credit must go where credit is due. The igloo in the pictures was built by the Inuit men of the village of Kangirsujuaq, Quebec. Kangirsujuaq is my wife's hometown. I am a Mohawk......

in response to: Igloo Construction by EvilGentleman

jack: thanks little ukraine, would like to know your first name, but i informed my son who lives on the street where that drug bust took place. i'm generally down there every so often and......

in response to: Your House Is Mine - Return of a Legend by little ukraine

KPie: I lived in the area (Je Cheon) during the construction 1984. Got to know some people in one of the neighboring villages that was going to be under water. Always wondered what happened......

in response to: Chung-Ju Dam by chiamattt

Peter: on the north side of st. marks (8th street) between 2nd and 3rd avenue in the east village, right smack in the middle of the block. you can make your own cotton candy there, too. im......

in response to: Don\'t Drink the Sake by serlingrod

Myeisha: I received the book "There Are No Children Here" two years ago for a birthday gift and I've read it numerous times since them. I try to picture the way things were in my......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

cowgirl82: Yes Hutch can be very boring. But we do have a few things to do. And the person that said the Hidden village was low income housing...not even...I used to live there and I am......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Cyril Bagshaw: The picture is the Saints vesus Bradford Bulls match that I though was pretty good Dear Cyril and Helen, This is the first time I have seen this web address and I found the contents incredibly interesting.......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Brooklyn-Pete: Bushwick is not the worst neighborhood in Brooklyn, it's definately no Park Slope but it is not as bad as some would have others believe. The neighborhood is very noisy and extremely filthy on many......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Cinic: Good pics of Shaughnessy Village, they really represent well the nhood....

in response to: Around Montreal, July 2007 by EvilGentleman

jack: nice word there ukraine, i looked it up, i wasn't sure of it but i was close enough. nice pic's jeeff, very brave of you to take a trip like that, when i was......

in response to: Traces of Citynoise by jeeff

cyril bagshaw: Hello Sheila Almost spot on,we had the shops in Fiddlers lane from 1947 to our families journey to Adelaide in 1980. I remember your mother very well and grandmother in Mond road.Is'nt it now a......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Mr Low Income: Well here we are, 8 homeless/Low income housing projects in Hutchinson now. 1. The Clusters 2. The apartments on 11th and Porter 3. Commerce Gardens 4. The Apartments behind K-mart (off 33rd St). 5. Hidden......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Chiamattt: How does this post remind you of the war that ripped Korea apart? The dam was finished in 1985 or so. The war had long been over by that point. Also, the dam created a......

in response to: Chung-Ju Dam by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: 41 - When you see palm trees planted on the sidewalks in the Gay Village, even though it's still in frickin' Canada, eh? Canadian palms... what next? And I just **know** someone will open a bar called......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

zagg: Because of that one comment, I will guess around 50. Was it either Cosmos or ferenzes? (you probably won't remember, but I ask anyway) You went to Sarnia and had your first pizza. I......

in response to: My Pub by Biff

stella: Ours just got ripped off as well. I hope they enjoyed the twenty pounds of pet crap in it. What neighborhood are you folks in? We live in Seaton Village/West Annex. Off to buy a new......

in response to: The 'Green' Thief by Elicar

jack: funny, my mother's girlfriend was named josephine toronto from brooklyn and i always thought that they named toronto after her. nice pic's. of course it's not exactly the quaint hamptons village shopping area out......

in response to: Kensington Market by CE

teachnyc: I work in bushwick's schools and I can't tell you how many times I hear my counterparts from our sister districts in queens talk about how bad it is in BW (they never want to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Jimmy Legs: i'd just like to point out that bushwick's crime stats are no worse (and in most cases, significantly better) than that of bed-stuy, east new york or crown heights in the last year. sure it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: The **why** would have to be art. The when, I have no clue. Frank, you seem to be artistically and architectually educated, any clue as to the name of it? And as far as the......

in response to: Pretzel Stair Sculpture by EvilGentleman

Frank S. Besner: Well, the tubes remained silent about the details surrounding this sculpture but I am assuming (as I stated earlier) that it is very likely made to echo the spiral staircases that are so common in......

in response to: Pretzel Stair Sculpture by EvilGentleman

CE: My old camera used to take really cool pictures in the snow for some reason. I think its shittiness made the snow flakes look really cool with the inability to change the intensity flash. Village......

in response to: First Snow by CE

jack: do you know where the village of whoville exists?...

in response to: First Snow by CE

ANOTHER ARTICLE: The same individual has posted new WARNING signs along the Bow River in Calgary: WARNING: So long as the CALGARY DROP-IN CENTRE is allowed to harbor drug addicts and chronic criminals it will be EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO......

in response to: Drugs, Drugs, Drugs by ksedge

jack: very beautiful picture you took there. that's my son's parish. he lives in the east village. but travels uptown for mass on sunday....

in response to: St. Patrick\'s Cathedral by Brad

Local resident: I live in Sleepy Hollow (renamed the year GM closed) and have watched the fight over the cleanup. Hopefully this will be the year of the ground breaking, but at 1100 units in a......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: In response to upfromflames regarding Bushwick Corners: This response requires both historical perspective and adjustment of mind set to the Colonial New World. The 17th Century was a fundamentally agrarian society dedicated and tied to land......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

MichaelB: BD and upfromflames, You seem to really know the area. Im looking at a place at BUSHWICK AV andTROUTMAN. I currently live in Greenwich Village and im interested in the safty and condition of the......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Basha Termoin: When i first came into the country i felt lost until i saw this sculpture. It reminded me of our village symbol of heart on a spoon. I love America because of this monument.......

in response to: Cherry and the Spoon by Tyfoid Kid

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Fallout shelter!!! At my primary school in a small village in England, they would run us through emergency procedures in the above ground reenforced huts that they used during WW2. Sadly, I knew enough......

in response to: The End of the Brotherhood Winery Collection by jack

little ukraine: wandered past this building tonight and got some info on it- it is the ottendorfer branch of the nypl. http://www.nypl.org/branch/local/man/otinfo.html "The Ottendorfer Branch of the New York Public Library opened in 1884 as New York City's......

in response to: Anders Celsius by little ukraine

anon (localhost): There are two Bushwicks, first is one where you can still buy heroin and crack everywhere from Jefferson to Himrod... Heroin always was and always will be Bushwick hottest commodity. Trust me I've been around......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Monica: To answer Mala's question the Flat Iron Building, which is the main venue for the Around the Coyote Art Festival in Wicker Park has been in it's location for years and still houses many artists......

in response to: wicker park by corsakti

jack: nice pic's ghost. i lived for 18 years in huntington when my wife and i started our family. the kids loved that village. thanks for the memories....

in response to: The Past Is Closer Than You Think by ghost of grandin

colavitos ghost: wow, neat. we have a place like that in NE ohio called "hale farm and village." it was founded by nathaniel hale in 1810, when the area around cleveland was known as "the western......

in response to: The Past Is Closer Than You Think by ghost of grandin

Red: Moved into 2555 Linden Blvd. in Cypress Projects when they were new; until I got into a fight (1964) with one of the black neighbors...we were all so friendly for a few years and......

in response to: Brooklyn Broadcast & Audio by Peter

Robert G: I moved to Trump Village when I was 5 years old, that was the year it opened, we lived on the 23rd floor facing the ocean. When I was a kid I use to watch......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

Mrs Beryl Harmer: I live next door at 46 Bennett Park. I appreciate the picture of the street. I have a photograph of it taken in 1950 and there is not a car in sight. I have lived......

in response to: A Hidden Gem from the Past by I.T.U.C.

jack: there is a bar on the west side in the village with guys that look like that, but they are the nicest guys and very well read....

in response to: Into Leather by Biff

EvilGentleman: Judging from the responses to his articles, I would say that Scott Sargent has managed to piss off a lot of people with the "Most Boring Towns" series. I personally do not find it wise......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Helenka: I'm so upset. My son's BMX has just been stolen today - he had left it in front of a convenience store in Bloor West Village, unlocked - he should have known better. ......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

colavitos ghost: the white horse tavern (the original one, at least) is in manhattan, in the west village....

in response to: Love Liquors & Wine by Peter

zagg: Wikipedia: "Prattsville -- The hamlet of Prattsville is in the south part of the town on Route 23A. It was incorporated as a village in 1883, but later abandoned that status." --- sounds like a......

in response to: Prattsville Rules by GGP

Karlo: Volunteer Im not trying to convince you of my views,i am merely trying to reach an understanding with you as a human being. If i were standing next to you,i would offer you my sincere condolences and......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

EvilGentleman: Well, I know the community association in the Shaughnessy Village area (Ville Marie in S to Sherbrooke in N, Atwater in W to Guy in E) has been successfully blocking constuction of Concordia's new John......

in response to: Catbread, Free Lebanon, Etc. by CE

BVD: for some reason woke up yesterday thinking way back to high school and graffiti/symbols of that time which included the flipped glass of ‘missing foundation’ and other things...started googling and found this site...back then as......

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

"harpo" from middle village: My old church and school St. Brigids looks like some Guatemalan refuge camp . All the freaken phony whites from the 70 and 80' s moved out and ruined the neighborhood - they were mostly......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

"harpo" middle village: The Italian landlords really ruined Bushwick and Ridgewood They rented to multiple families of central and latin Americans - at a ridiculous rate of rent and forced the whites out of the area As usual these......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

"harpo" middle village: My old church and school St. Brigids looks like some Guatemalan refuge camp . All the freaken phony whites from the 70 and 80' s moved out and ruined......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

"harpo" middle village: Bushwick is full of illegals and disease . George Bush has allowed the destruction of Knickbocker Avenue with these third world entities . Apartments that once were......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: You will love the rest of the stuff in that park. I'll try to remember to post it tomorrow. It is located on Rene Levesque Boulevard between Saint-Marc and du Fort Streets, with the westbound......

in response to: Precarious Perch by EvilGentleman

nameltneGlivE: I especially love the warped cop car. Someone has a lot of potential. As far as having difficulty finding material, imagine living in the same arctic village for 6 years. Awesome as the scenery is, without......

in response to: NDG Graf by CE

Susannah : Actually that really cool triangular building looks alot like one near 8th Street in the Village. ...

in response to: Budget by Biff

C: Downtown Calgary is littered with drugs and generally unsavoury characters, not just the East Village. In fact, over the past two years I've noticed that it's cleaned up a lot (40 hours a week, nights......

in response to: Drugs, Drugs, Drugs by ksedge

EvilGentleman: But what I really wonder is: - What happens to liars in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico? - How do they explain the existence of prisoners in Independence, Missouri? - How do people really kiss in French Lick,......

in response to: What to Do in Sarnia? by jfilip

ksedge: i used to see zanta all the time when i worked in bloor west village. always interesting to see what he was doing. great website zanta!...

in response to: April in Toronto by Gabi